Mexico vs South Korea: result, lineups & analysis — FIFA World Cup

Mexico
Mexico
1–0
South Korea
South Korea

Friday, 19 June 2026 at 01:00 UTC

🏟 Estadio Akron · Zapopan

🏁 Post-match review

Mexico defeated South Korea 1–0 in their FIFA World Cup encounter. A single goal proved decisive in a closely contested match between the two sides.

Expectation:With no pre-match market data or lean provided, the result cannot be benchmarked against expectations. Mexico's win as favourites represents a straightforward outcome for the North American side.

Mexico's victory keeps their World Cup campaign on track with three points. South Korea will need to regroup and find attacking solutions in their remaining matches after failing to break through Mexico's defence.

Based on the final score and pre-match analysis (no in-match events).

📐 Statistical score reference

Mexico
1.6 - 0.6
South Korea
Projected total: 2.2Over 2.5: 38%
ModelMarket
61%
Mexico
25%
X
14%
South Korea

Poisson reference based only on season goal averages. It is not the full-analysis prediction or betting advice.

🎓 Coaches / Formations

Mexico· 1º · 9Pts
4-3-3
👔 J. Aguirre · Mexico
In charge since 2024 · 67
Experience: 30y · 13 clubs
Ex-clubs: Mallorca, Monterrey, Leganes
South Korea· 10º · 3Pts

🔬 Advanced data (averages)

Mexico
5 / 3 games
South Korea
1.32
xG
1.37
3.8
Corners
4
2.4
Points/game
1
40%
Over 2.5
33%
20%
BTTS
33%
80%
Clean sheets
0%
52%
Possession
63%
14
Shots
10.7

Per-game averages in this competition · FootyStats / API-Football

📈 Recent form

MexicoLWWWW
  • 2026-07-06 · (H) 2–3 vs England
  • 2026-07-01 · (H) 2–0 vs Ecuador
  • 2026-06-25 · (A) 3–0 vs Czechia
  • 2026-06-19 · (H) 1–0 vs South Korea
  • 2026-06-11 · (H) 2–0 vs South Africa
South KoreaLLW
  • 2026-06-25 · (A) 0–1 vs South Africa
  • 2026-06-19 · (A) 0–1 vs Mexico
  • 2026-06-12 · (H) 2–1 vs Czechia

🆚 Head-to-head

🧑‍⚖️ Referee

Gustavo Tejera, Uruguay

2
Cards/game
1.5
Goals/game
50%
BTTS

Referee averages in this competition · 2 games · PK Sport

✅ Confirmed lineups · Mexico [4-3-3]

API-Football · 30 Jun 2026, 15:38 UTC

  1. 1R. Rangel
  2. 2J. Sanchez
  3. 4E. Alvarez
  4. 5J. Vasquez
  5. 23J. Gallardo
  6. 26B. Gutierrez
  7. 6E. Lira
  8. 7L. Romo
  9. 25R. Alvarado
  10. 9R. Jimenez
  11. 16J. Quinones

✅ Confirmed lineups · South Korea [3-4-2-1]

API-Football · 30 Jun 2026, 15:38 UTC

  1. 1Kim Seung-Gyu
  2. 2Lee Han-Beom
  3. 4Kim Min-Jae
  4. 3Lee Gi-Hyuk
  5. 15Kim Moon-Hwan
  6. 6Hwang In-Beom
  7. 8Paik Seung-Ho
  8. 22Seol Young-Woo
  9. 19Lee Kang-In
  10. 10Lee Jae-Sung
  11. 7Son Heung-Min

Other matches this round

Analysis based on public data and market signals. For analysis only — not betting advice.

Data: Sportmonks / API-Football · pksport.net

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